Not for me - Sals Associate IKEA Employee Review

3.0
Jul 13, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good benefits. Great co workers except the upper level managers/supervisors. Delicious food in the staff cafeteria.

Cons

Upper level managers are disengaged. They just walk around the store and look for things to tell you what to do and not to do. You and your co worker can't stay by the computer even if you are talking about work. You can't sit on the standing chair (workstation for cabinet planning) so why put it there? You must do things all the time and be on your toes. I worked for Ikea Europe for many years and I did not experience this. If you have worked in Ikea Europe wanting to work here then pls go somewhere else. You will be utterly disappointed in how different the culture of this Ikea store. I wanted to quit in two weeks but stayed for 3 mos (to give benefit of the doubt).

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Pros

There are some great, inspiring, and passionate people who work there, but none of them are in leadership positions.

Cons

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